Art and design, photography and architecture
Art & design
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Between the Great Kantō earthquake and the Pacific War, a new generation of creative and financially liberated young people in Tokyo and Osaka launched a design aesthetic that illustrates Japan’s journey into modernity
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Perry is first British visual artist since 1968 to win Dutch award now worth €150,000
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These striking images from Adorned, an exhibition at Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, tackle notions of fashion and beauty around the world
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Carol Jerrems was a Melbourne-based photographer who died in 1980, at just 30 years old. Last November her work rocked the art world when a print of Vale Street (1975) sold for $122,000 ($1,00,000 hammer price).
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Photographer Frank Blazquez tells the stories of young New Mexicans living on what feels like borrowed time
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Big Heart, Strong Hands is the story of the women who live on the isolated Estonian islands of Kihnu and Manija in the Baltic Sea. It is often considered the last matriarchal society in Europe
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Arno Rafael Minkkinen has been using his body as his subject for five decades. Working alone, in natural landscapes, his timeless images – never manipulated or retouched – are surreal, spiritual and transformative
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Cash-strapped churches are raising money by inviting developers to build pricey flats on their turf. Is this the promised land for faith buildings – or a deal with the devil?
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Newly found monument honouring Romulus includes 2,600-year-old sarcophagus
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Ornate ceiling of Santa María la Blanca church is among finest and oldest in Spain
Visual arts
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Street art has transformed Quinta do Mocho, an area once plagued by crime and unemployment
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Canadian artist Sharona Franklin creates amazing gelatin art, using food, flowers, and surreal props
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Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady has been found – in the same gallery it was taken from. At least it wasn’t cut up by a mafia boss or hauled aboard a pirate ship
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Devastated by his time in Germany, which he regards as still Nazi, the artist has moved. As he unveils a powerful virtual reality artwork, he talks about needing a monster to fight – and why he’d like to be a barber
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